Saturday, September 18, 2010

DISCOVERING NEW MYSTERIEShttp://www.newmysteries.org/documents/Submission%20Form%202011.pdf---NO ENTRY FEEDiscovering New Mysteries is now accepting submissions of original plays, screenplays, teleplays, and short stories for both adult and youth audiences. Deadline October 31, 2010. The final selection of mysteries, thrillers, who-dunnits, cops-n-robbers, courtroom dramas, suspense or adventures, will be produced and presented before live audiences on several stages within the RiverPark Center, home of the International Mystery Writers' Festival, in Owensboro, Kentucky.

BEST NEW WORK, $2,500 prizeMOST PROMISING NEW WRITER, $1,000 prizeOUTSTANDING SCREENPLAY or TELEPLAY, $1,000 prizeBEST WORK FOR YOUNG ADULTS OR CHILDREN, $500BEST SHORT MYSTERY (1-Act plays, short screenplay, short story), $500

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THE SEVEN ESSAY COMPETITIONhttp://www.sevenfund.org/faith-and-development/---NO ENTRY FEEWe are seeking essays on enterprise solutions to poverty from around the globe. The competition will award two (2) prizes of US $5,000. The submission deadline is October 15, 2010 at midnight Eastern Standard Time (EST). Winners will be announced on December 15, 2010. Writers are asked to submit a first-person narrative describing enterprise solutions to poverty that are faith-based, faith-inspired, or interfaith efforts. The essay should be no longer than 2,000 words, in English, and each submission should start with a 100-word abstract and a 100-word biography of the author. The abstract, biography, and any sources you may cite are separate from the 2,000-word count for the essay.